Base-ball-game board.



E. POHLIG.

BASE BALL GAME BOARD. APPLICATION FILED PERS, 1912.

1,042, 142I Patented o@t.22,1912.

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BASEBALL-GAME BOARD. A

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Application led February 6, 1912. -Serial No. 675,767. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR PoHLiG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Base- Ball-Game Boards, of which the following is aspecitication.`

My invention `relates to improvements'in baseball game boards, the object of the 1nvention -being to provide an improved construction of field, containing fielder, batter, runner, battery and umpire positions, together with improved means for keeping the score, and improved means for supporting strips or blocks indicating the players of the contesting teams.

A further object is to provide a game board which is ada ted to be utilized for the playing of abase all game in connection with a suitable chance device (not shown) and vso construct the board that'when utilized in connection with men and counters may be operated to indicate practically every play that is made upon a baseball ield.

IVith these and other objects in view, the inventionconsists incertain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

Inthe accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a plan view of my improved baseball game board. Fig. 2, is a View in section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.` Fig. 3, is a rear View of one ofthe player strips. Fig. 4, is a View of one of the men which may be utilized in playing the game. Fig. 5, is a View of an indicator pin, and Fig. 6, is a view in section on the line 6-6 of Fig. l.

My improved game board may, of course, be constructed of various materials which on its upper face constitutes a field 1 having thereon a representation of a baseball dia-- nio-nd 2, containing the representation of a home plate 3, first base 4, second base 5, and third base 6. The home plate and the sev eral bases are connected by ordinary base lines, and suitable spaces 7 and 8 are provided for the catcher, pitcher and umpires. In space 7, an opening 9 is provided to receive a man 91 as shown in Fig. 4 to represent'the catcher, While of course I would employ as many ofv such men 9E as necessary to play the game. I have indicated only. one, as they are all precisely alike with the exception of ornamentationl to more clearly show the position the player occu# pies and to distinguish men of different teams. In the space '8, `an opening 10 is provided to receive the figure representing the pitcher, and While I shall refer to'these tigures by their names known in baseball, it is to be understood that I use such terms to indicate figures. Back of the catchers posi- Patented oet. 22,1912.

tion 9an opening 11 is provided for the re- V ception of a ligure to represent an umpire, and an opening 12 is provided back of the pitchers position 10 for a second umpire. Back of the baselines, between first and vsecond, and second and third bases, openings 13, 14, 15, and 16 are provided, andare adapted to support figures representing the irstbasemen, the second basemen, the short stop, and the thirdbasemen. In addition to these positions for the inielders, I provide four openings 13a, 14, 15, and 16* inside the base lines, and into these openings the. fielders are to be placed when a runner is on base, so as to give the play a natural appearance. Outside of the diamond 72, openings 1T, 18, and 19 are rovided for the figures representin the rig t fielder, center fielder, and left elder respectively. The representations of the home plate 3 and the bases 4, 5, and 6, each have openings to receive the figures, and in all instances above described where the openings are provided, suitably marked spaces are inclosed around the openings so as to give a more attractive appearance to the field.

It will ybe noted that the figures 9i* have tapered lower yends 20, so that they may be readily moved into the openings and Securely held in vertical position. In one 'end Lines of openings 24 are provided beside.

the recesses 21 to receive the fingers representing the players who are having ltheir inning, figures representin the other team being in position on the fregi. At the opposite end of the board, horizontal and vertical lines and26 respectively divide the field into two sets of spaces, one set for each team. That is, each set of spaces cornprises three horizontal rows, the spaces of'.

the intermediate row containing numerals from one to ten, the first space of said row being free from any numeral. The upper and lower rows of said spaces are formed with openings 27 to receive pins 28 constituting counters. At the left hand end of each-upper and lower row, the words innings and runs appeargso that counters 28 are provided for each row,'the irst position of said counters at the eXtreme left being a rest position, and they are moved to the' right in accordance with the number of innings played, and the number of runs made as will beunderstood. In this end of the eld also four spaces 29 are provided under the caption outs Three of these spaces are numbered l, 2, and 3, while the first space to the left constitutes a rest.` space, and they are all provided with openingsBO to receive counters 28.

f While this particular game board is not limited to any particular rules for playing the game, yet in order that a clear understanding may be had of the functions of the construction, I will give below a brief description of several plays.

When the game starts, the players of one t'eam .will be in their proper positions on the field. The umpires will also be in their positions, and the batter will be at the home plate 3. In accordance with the operation of a suitable chance device, if the batter makes a hit, he will be moved to iirst base, and the new batter placed'at home plate.

The iirst baseman will then be moved inward from the opening 13 to the opening 13'? which is the position he would normally assume in a game. If a runner is on third base with kless than two out, the infielders would all take their positions on the inside of the base lines. This is a position they would normally take under such conditions to endeavor to cut o the impending run. By. thus providing two positions for all of the infielders, the appearance of the game very closely resembles that of an ordinary game. It an cutis recorded, a pin or counter 28 is moved from the iirst space to the left of the series of spaces 29 to the space marked l, and by moving this counter 28, the number of outs may be kept so that there may be no dispute when an inning is over.

By means ofcounters 28 in the openings 27, an accurate record ot' innings and runs may be kept by simply moving the pins from one space to another. The team which is at bat will'have its players in the openings 24, so that each player will take his position at hat in regular order, and it desired the lineup may be changed in the course of `I claim as new and desire While Irefer to the several player posi-Y tions as openings, I would have it understood thatvthisterm is used in its broadest possible sense in order to provide a pocket to receive the-lower end of the figure 9, and hold said figure inan upright position.

The invention is therefore not limited to theprecise details set forth, but I consider myself at liberty to make such change and alterations as fairly fall within the spiritand scope olf the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A baseball game device, comprising a plurality of name spaces containing words indicating ball players, and other spaces formed beside the name spaces to contain the pieces indicating players of the team at lbat, substantially as described.

,2. A game board comprising a field, lines on said lfield forming the representation of a baseball diamond, figures at the angles of said diamond representing the home plate, irst, second and third bases respectively, and positions indicated on said board for the inelder's, two positions being provided for each intielder, one set of positions outside the diamond and the other set inside the diamond, substantially as described.

3. A game board comprising a field, lines on said iield forming the representation of a baseball diamond, figures at the angles of said diamond representing the home plate, v

first, second and third bases respectively, and positions indicated on said board for the intielders, two positions being provided for each inelder, one set of positions outside the diamond and the other lset inside the diamond, said home plate, said bases,

and said inielder posit-ionshaving openingsv therein for the reception of game pieces, substantially as described.

li. A game board comprising a eld, lines on said field forming the representation of a baseball diamond', figures at the angles of said diamond representing the home plate. first, second and third bases respectively, and positions indicated on said board -for the inticlders, two positions being provided forI positions indicated on said field for the pitcher and catcher and umpires, and for the out fielders similar to the positions above described for the infielders, and means on the board for keeping account of the runs and innings, substantially as described.

5. A game board comprising a field, lines on said field forming the representation of a baseball diamond, figures at the angles of said diamond representing the home plate, first, second and third bases respectively, and positions indicated on said board for the infielders, two positions being provided for each infielder, one set of positions outside the diamond and the other set inside t-he diamond, said board constructed to receive cards containing thenames of players, and positions on the board beside the cards for the reception of game pieces indicating the players, and said board ruled, and provided with openings for the reception of pin counters, whereby lines of openings are formed to indicate the innings, and runs, substantially as described.'

6. A game board comprising a field, lines on said field forming the representation of a baseball diamond, figures at the angles of said diamond representing the home plate,

[first, second and third bases respectively,

and positions-indicated on said board for the infielders, two positions being provided for each infielder, one set of positions outside the diamond and the other set inside the i diamond, said home plate, said bases, and

said infielder positions having openings therein for the reception of game pieces, said board constructed to receive cards containing the names of pla ers, andopenings formed in the board besi e the cards for the reception of game pieces indicating the players, and said board being ruled to form lines of spaces to record the innings and runs and the several spaces each being provided with an opening to line a pin counter, and there being rest openings or spaces provided at the left of each series of openings, substantially as described. s

7 In a base ball game apparatus, a board having delineated thereon the representation of a base ball field, there being places indicated at the home plate and the three bases respectively to receive markers indicating players, a plurality of markers representing. y

the players, a line up of a team, a designate space on the board for said line up, and there being places opposite each name in the Vline up to receive the said markers, said markers being adapted to be played from the places at the line up to the places on the field, substantially as described.

8. In a base ball gaine apparatus, a board having delineated thereon the representation of a base ball field, there being apertures' provided at the home plate and the three bases respectively to receive the markers indicating players, a recess to receive the names of the lineup of a team and there being an aperture opposite eachname in the line up, in combination with a corresponding number of markers indicating players, said players being adapted to be played from the apertures at the line up to the apertures on the field, substantially as described.

9. In a base ball game apparatus, a board having delineated thereon the representation of a base ball diamond, there being places indicated at each of the positions-normally assumed by the players of the side in the field, there being other places indicated at the home plate and the three bases respectively, there being a designated space to receive the line up of each team, and an indicated place opposite the position for each name in the line up, and two sets of markers,

one for each team, each comprising a plurality of' pieces representing 4players and a4 marker pieceadapted to be positioned in the place opposite the name of the next man at the bat of the respective sides at thenext inning.

10. In a base ball game apparatus', a board having delineated thereon the representationof `a base ball diamond, Vthere being apertures providedv at each of the positions normally assumed b the players of the side in the field, there eing other apertures provided at the home plate and the three bases respectively, said board being provided with a pair of recesses to receive the line up of the two teams, there being an aperture opposite the position for each name in the line up, and two sets of markers, one for each team', each comprising a plurality of pegs representing players and a marker peg adapted to be positioned in the aperture opposite the naine of the next man at the batofl the respective sidesat the next inning.,

In testimony whereof I have signed my .name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

R. H. KRENKEL, lCHAInzazs E. Porre. 

